2010 Philadelphia Modern House Tour Announced
From organizer Craig Wakefield:
This year’s modern home tour will take place Saturday May 8th from 1:00 till 4:30 PM. The homes are all in the East Falls, Roxborough, and West Mt Airy sections of Philadelphia. This year the tour will be a fundraiser for the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, supporting their work to save and protect the architectural records of Philadelphia. The ticket price is 40.00 per ticket. Photos of the five homes selected this year can be seen on the community page of the website www.ModernHomesPhiladelphia.com. The fantastic homes on this years tour vary greatly in size and style and will be an interesting group. The tour will include homes by Frank Boyer, Nathan Cronheim, Montgomery & Bishop, Richard Neutra, Norman Rice, Oscar Stonorov and Frank Weise.
To place an order for tickets please send an email to CraigWakefield@mac.com and let me know how many tickets you would like. Please follow up by sending check made out to Modern Homes Philadelphia to the address below. I will hold tickets for those who request them until March 1st. If payment is not received by March 1st the tickets will be released to those next on the waiting list. This year the number of slots will be limited to 120. To give all on my mailing list a chance for tickets, the notice that tickets sales have begun will not go on the site for a few weeks. Detailed information about the tour homes with starting location will be sent by email about one month prior to the tour to those who have purchased tickets.
address to send payment:
Modern Homes Philadelphia
8626 Millman Place
Philadelphia, Pa 19118
There have been many additions and upgrades to the website over the past year, Please take a look. Let’s hope for our first rain free tour.
